Export controls: military goods, software and technology
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Guide to licensing requirements and restrictions for trade control and the export of controlled military goods, software and technology.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 8
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Governance & assurance
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Guide to licensing requirements and restrictions for trade control and the export of controlled military goods, software and technology. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Overview
- Controlled military items
- Controlled dual-use items
- When you need an export licence
- Trade controls and arranging sales or movements
- Goods for which you cannot arrange sales or movement (category A goods)
- Goods subject to strict trade controls (category B goods)
- Controls on category C goods
- Overlap between sanctions and strategic export controls
- Trade controls for embargoed destinations
- Trade control licences
- Transfer of information (technology controls)
- Military end-use controls
- Goods you must not export
- Breaches of export control and trade sanctions legislation
- ECJU contact details
Source and licence
Export Control Joint Unit
AttributionExport Control Joint Unit, ‘Export controls: military goods, software and technology’ (updated 10 April 2024), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026